Biden swaps ties with fundraiser attendee

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN

03/07/2012 08:35 PM EST

While in St. Petersburg, Fla., for a fundraiser Wednesday night, Vice President Joe Biden got a compliment on his red necktie.

Rather than just thanking the donor and moving on, Biden admired the man's purple tie, a pool report said. Then, in a moment of Biden being Biden, he suggested that they swap ties. And, in the midst of a photo line where donors paid $1,000 apiece to pose with the vice president, the two men did just that.

Later on, Biden spent about 30 minutes speaking to about 200 donors who paid between $100 and $2,500 each to attend. Biden trotted out one of his standard fundraiser lines, his recommended slogan for the Obama reelection campaign: "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive."

As the enthusiastic crowd "four more years" and one guest shouted "Joe 2016," Biden offered another catchphrase: "Let's get 2012."